But no good music was made before then anyway.
― 239, Friday, 13 February 2004 23:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 February 2004 23:05 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Friday, 13 February 2004 23:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 13 February 2004 23:36 (twenty years ago) link
What an original viewpoint! Please, tell us more!
― Steev, Friday, 13 February 2004 23:44 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Friday, 13 February 2004 23:53 (twenty years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 13 February 2004 23:58 (twenty years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 14 February 2004 00:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Mirov (nick), Saturday, 14 February 2004 00:10 (twenty years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Saturday, 14 February 2004 00:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 14 February 2004 02:00 (twenty years ago) link
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― the surface noise (electricsound), Saturday, 14 February 2004 02:13 (twenty years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 14 February 2004 02:17 (twenty years ago) link
― chuck, Saturday, 14 February 2004 02:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 14 February 2004 02:22 (twenty years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Saturday, 14 February 2004 02:24 (twenty years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 14 February 2004 02:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 14 February 2004 02:58 (twenty years ago) link
― dleone (dleone), Saturday, 14 February 2004 03:04 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Saturday, 14 February 2004 03:06 (twenty years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Saturday, 14 February 2004 03:10 (twenty years ago) link
I've actually been using Soulseek to try and work out exactly when I started listening to pop music and what songs I liked or could remember (by downloading squillions of hits from 80/81). It's another one in the 'articles I'm going to write' file.
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Saturday, 14 February 2004 11:32 (twenty years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 14 February 2004 11:45 (twenty years ago) link
What is it about 1963? I think it's got something to do with the Beatles breaking big. I'm more of a Beach Boys fan, so I guess my music knowledge could start at 1961. Not so up on my 80s music. I suppose there are periods where I know a bit about one genre and not about others. The 1970-76 phenomenon is interesting but I guess I must have a whole load of dub and roots reggae from that period, a bit of King Crimson, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Sabbath late period Beach Boys etc.
― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 14 February 2004 13:38 (twenty years ago) link
from 1950-2000: quite a lot better but in certain pop/avant-garde things but I've read far more than heard bah...
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 14 February 2004 13:51 (twenty years ago) link
"What is it about 1963?"
That was the year I was born.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Saturday, 14 February 2004 14:08 (twenty years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 14 February 2004 18:25 (twenty years ago) link
I'm particularly interested because (apart from the glam stuff etc. that I cut my musical teeth on, plus a very short list of "approved" bands / artists) I had a huge blind spot there myself for many years, which I'm now aware was largely induced by punk dogma.
In retrospect I'm still not sure. It certainly wasn't the total wasteland I'd been led to believe but it's hard to get perspective.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Saturday, 14 February 2004 19:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Speedy Gonzalas (Speedy Gonzalas), Saturday, 14 February 2004 19:13 (twenty years ago) link
― george gosset (gegoss), Sunday, 15 February 2004 05:20 (twenty years ago) link
Jazz I have a pretty good knowledge of from the mid-20s thru mid-70s, when it largely stopped evolving.
And what's wrong with 1970-76? Nothing! "Don't they know rock attained perfection in 1974?" - Homer Simpson (Well, personally I'd say 1970, when I was a toddler, but you get Homer's point.)
― Myonga Von Bontee, Monday, 16 February 2004 16:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:26 (twenty years ago) link
― LondonLee (LondonLee), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:04 (twenty years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:17 (twenty years ago) link
― soniclifer, Monday, 16 February 2004 23:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 16 February 2004 23:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 16 February 2004 23:28 (twenty years ago) link
Blech.
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 16 February 2004 23:38 (twenty years ago) link
― feminazi (feminazi), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 00:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 00:18 (twenty years ago) link
I know some stuff about 2004, like I know the answer to the question "Who released "Talkie Walkie" in 2004?", for instance ;)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 00:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Jacob (Jacob), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 03:05 (twenty years ago) link
― snd, Tuesday, 17 February 2004 03:12 (twenty years ago) link
Well, apart from Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and James Brown inventing soul music.
― LondonLee (LondonLee), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 03:15 (twenty years ago) link
― LondonLee (LondonLee), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 03:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:15 (twenty years ago) link
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 05:24 (twenty years ago) link
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― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 10:34 (twenty years ago) link
PUNK: Nirvana/grunge/whoever got you interested, lead to 1976-1979, lead to 1973-1976, lead to 1961-1969 (although now you'd probably find people slotting post-punk in somewhere)
Or an interesting one would be 'blues': band that got you interested in music; Rolling Stones; 1950's; 60's revival; then moving back in time until you get to the Robert Johnson song that you already knew about because the Stones covered it.
― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 11:04 (twenty years ago) link